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Palinode :: Palinode (n.) An ode recanting, or retracting, a former one; also, a repetition of an ode..

Wart Hog :: Wart hog () Either one of two species of large, savage African wild hogs of the genus Phacoch/rus. These animals have a pair of large, rough, fleshy tubercles behind the tusks and second pair behind the eyes. The tusks are large and strong, and both pairs curve upward. The body is scantily covered with bristles, but there is long dorsal mane. The South African species (Phacoch/rus Aethiopicus) is the best known. Called also vlacke vark. The second species (P. Aeliani) is native of the coasts of

Scanty :: Scanty (a.) Wanting amplitude or extent; narrow; small; not abundant.

Prayer :: Prayer (n.) One who prays; a supplicant.

Cant :: Cant (v. t.) To give a sudden turn or new direction to; as, to cant round a stick of timber; to cant a football..

Patter :: Patter (n.) The cant of a class; patois; as, thieves's patter; gypsies' patter..

Canting :: Canting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Can.

Pace :: Pace (n.) Manner of stepping or moving; gait; walk; as, the walk, trot, canter, gallop, and amble are paces of the horse; a swaggering pace; a quick pace..

Tanka :: Tanka (n.) A kind of boat used in Canton. It is about 25 feet long and is often rowed by women. Called also tankia.

Descant :: Descant (v. i.) To sing a variation or accomplishment.

Cartouch :: Cartouch (n.) A cantalever, console, corbel, or modillion, which has the form of a scroll of paper.

Bernese :: Bernese (a.) Pertaining to the city or canton of Bern, in Switzerland, or to its inhabitants..

Lycanthrope :: Lycanthrope (n.) One affected with lycanthropy.

Scantle :: Scantle (v. i.) To be deficient; to fail.

Insignificant :: Insignificant (a.) Not significant; void of signification, sense, or import; meaningless; as, insignificant words..

Cant :: Cant (n.) An affected, singsong mode of speaking..

Alicant :: Alicant (n.) A kind of wine, formerly much esteemed; -- said to have been made near Alicant, in Spain..

Peccant :: Peccant (a.) Wrong; defective; faulty.

Tragacanth :: Tragacanth (n.) A kind of gum procured from a spiny leguminous shrub (Astragalus gummifer) of Western Asia, and other species of Astragalus. It comes in hard whitish or yellowish flakes or filaments, and is nearly insoluble in water, but slowly swells into a mucilaginous mass, which is used as a substitute for gum arabic in medicine and the arts. Called also gum tragacanth..

Canterbury :: Canterbury (n.) A stand with divisions in it for holding music, loose papers, etc..

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